living in spain
2018.12.10 An endless story
A friend asked the other day if we could get used to the new house. Making me realize we didn’t have to get used here at all. From the first moment, the house was perfect for us. Isn’t that great?! We left the Netherlands on December 11 last year. Making today exactly 365 days since. … Read more
2018.12.07 Keep yourself to yourself, if you can
Privacy does not exist in Spain. It doesn’t cease to amaze me how indifferent organizations and official persons are concerning sensitive information. A handful of examples from these past months: Coincidentally the doctor was at the receptionists’ desk when somebody phoned about a test result. Those were not discussed in the solitud of the consulting … Read more
2018.12.06 Veroño in the Sierra de Espuña
Let it be a coincidence, but from the day we moved into our new house, the weather has been absolutely marvelous. It turns out this type of weather has a name in Spain: Veroño. It’s a mix of verano and otoño – summer and autumn. They call it like this when the temperatures are way higher than they … Read more
2018.12.01 A study room in the making
After a week of puzzling and thinking I know how my study should look like. So now I am building it up. I am so content with all the work we have managed to get done today. Despite the ride to Lorca, we made as well; the printer had no more paper and the cartridges … Read more
2018.11.30 Working in the sunshine
This is why we live here: the sun. When we went on our way to the village this morning, it was still a bit chilly, so we both wore our winter coats. Bad decision. It was so hot walking back to the house! I have been working on the terrace all afternoon. We had internet … Read more
2018.11.29 One by one
The former owners had a swimming pool guy, who also acts as a gardener, together with his daughter. And, as it turned out today, as a strong hand. They offered to give us a hand moving some stuff to the garage and changing some other stuff in the house. We were so glad because now … Read more
2018.11.27 A container full of stuff
The house is ours as of yesterday and already the truck arrived with our stuff. Aren’t we the lucky ones? We didn’t like the house we had rented this month but the main advantage of that fact was that because of that we decided to go to the Netherlands to arrange for our move before … Read more
2018.11.26 A new house to our liking
We bought a house today!! We are sooo happy that in the end, we did succeed to find something we both like. It was an enduring process but really worthwhile the effort. Given all the houses we saw and lived in this is the best house so far. We had to change some of the … Read more
2018.11.25 Sinterklaas
When we were in the Netherlands we bought a couple of chocolate letters. Of course an A and a D for the kids. But also some general ones as a present. In the Netherlands, it is custom to give these letters when it’s Sinterklaas. Usually the first letter of one’s name. Today we went to … Read more